Archive for September 9th, 2008

Panasonic Toughbooks CF-T4 – Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA)

Dienstag, September 9th, 2008

panasonic_toughbook_logo.jpg various institutions in the health care sector already trust in the advantages of Wireless Displays and Laptops the Panasonic CF-T4 Toughbook. The Oldenburg health clinic and Paderborn Rescue Coordination Centre in Germany, Adelaide and Meath Hospital in Dublin and the NHS hospital in Derby are examples of medical centres which use the Toughbooks. They have already been successfully incorporated into the day-to-day running of these hospitals. They support medical staff with patient administration and in particular offer a digital solution to medical records. For example, the head doctor at the Oldenburg clinic takes the CF-T4 on his morning tour of the wards: he can sit with patients and record medical data straight onto computer, make adjustments to medication or book them in for surgery. This way of managing medical records on an individual basis is being increasingly adopted, as it bypasses copious paper work which can otherwise waste a lot of doctors’ and nurses’ time. Moreover, switching over to electronic records will in the long run lead to a reduced risk of error in diagnosis and prescription

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Ein Terabyte an Daten – pro Mensch und Jahr

Dienstag, September 9th, 2008

Jeder Mensch produziert im Jahr eine Datenmenge von 1.000 Gigabyte oder einem Terabyte – wenn er E-Mails schreibt, digital fotografiert, Filme aufzeichnet, das Finanzamt beschäftigt oder sich beim Arzt untersuchen lässt. Zu diesem Ergebnis kam jetzt eine Untersuchung von IBM. Der Papierausdruck jeder dieser «individuellen Informationsspuren» würde demnach das Holz von 50.000 Bäumen erforderlich machen. Bis zum Jahr 2020 wird die Datenmenge pro Kopf der Bevölkerung auf das 16fache steigen und dann also eine Speicherkapazität von 16 Terabyte erforderlich machen

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B-Scanner – digitising business cards

Dienstag, September 9th, 2008

bscanner_logo.jpg   just slide in any standard size card and an image capture is kept in memory. You sort and thumb thru each card via a jog dial and everything shows up beautifully on an OLED screen, sharp enough for small text. Still a concept but I know a lot of “old schoolers” still toting around business card holders. I think they would jump at something like this

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